We’ve been getting super hyped for Halloween over here (costume roundups and zombie feet — oh my!), but as the holiday gets closer it has me thinking of survival strategies — for my dogs. You see, they’re not super fond of the doorbell. More precisely, they’re not fond of a steady stream of masked strangers ringing the doorbell over and over for hours. We’ve ultimately resorted to just not participating in the Trick-or-Treat tradition, but a few still see a dark porch, void of pumpkins, and think there’s a chance some candy awaits (wrong).

So, Dog Milkers, I wanna know:

How do you keep your dog(s) calm and stress-free on Halloween night? Any ideas for keeping them happy and still handing out candy?

Capree Kimball is the Managing Editor of Dog Milk and a self-proclaimed 'crazy dog lady'. A design nerd and a gardening-obsessed optimist, Capree has a penchant for collecting tin robots and gobbling up gravy-smothered biscuits any chance she gets.

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Cathrine on 10.24.2012 at 16:13 PM

With two hyperanxious rescues from abuse, Hallowe’en is a nightmare. We put up a sign saying “Sorry, no treats,” but we can’t do anything about screaming children, illegal fireworks, or wandering parties. It is the same July 1, Canada Day: we stay up all night with our dogs, and it takes a month for them to recover from the terrors. So, folks, have a great time, but, please, be sensitive to others, and keep it down!